America Ferrera
challenges and difficulties

Ferrera both yearns for, and fears, being emotionally vulnerable to others and experiencing deep emotional intimacy. Trusting others and letting them get to know her intimately does not come easily to America, and sexual inhibitions may result from this. America Ferrera is very self-protective and may be compulsively secretive. Learning to relinquish control in personal relationships, and to be completely open, is an important task for Ferrera.

Her childhood or her relationship with her parents was restrictive, unloving or unhappy in ways that may prevent America from allowing other people to get close to her in later life. America Ferrera feels that she was deprived in one form or another, regardless of whether she actually was or not. Her early life - at least as Ferrera remembers it - may have been marked by emotional separation or repression of her needs and feelings. Forgiving her parents and/or letting go of any resentments she has about the limitations that she experienced early in her life is crucial. Also, America Ferrera needs to build her own solid foundation, and investing time and energy into her home, domestic relationships, and inner life can help America accomplish this task.

She is not afraid of hard work and leaves no stone unturned in the pursuit of her objectives. America Ferrera has a strong desire to overcome any difficulties or obstacles in her way and will do this at all cost, even if it means having to use force.

Now we will discuss patterns of behavior which America Ferrera instinctively and habitually reverts to when under stress - a mostly subconscious process that she is apt to over indulge in because it is so familiar and hence easy for her. The direction America Ferrera needs to follow in order to develop balance, greater awareness, and wholeness is also described.

America Ferrera needs to take what she has learned (either through formal education or her own questing and life experience) and share it with others, communicate it or express it in a way that can benefit others. Knowledge and understanding, which does not enhance either America's quality of life or that of persons in her world, is of little real value. Putting Ferrera's understanding, philosophy, and convictions into practice in her daily relationships, and in the multiple choices she makes every day, will enable America Ferrera to really test her belief system and discover more about life.

When under stress, America Ferrera is apt to seek refuge in imagining that the grass is greener elsewhere, rather than working with what is at hand. America Ferrera needs to cultivate her ability to live in the present!

It is in any involvements she has with teams, clubs, organizations, networks, and the like that America Ferrera is most likely to wrestle with these issues. The qualities described above need to be channeled into some sort of group effort or experience, or have some impact on society at large.

The specific habits which are likely to hold America Ferrera back, or which she is prone to overdo, especially during stressful periods, include:

Being bound to past events and experiences because of her desire to belong, deep attachments to family and the familiar (even if they are neither nourishing nor helpful), the desire to nurture or be nurtured by others, and a strong resistance to cutting the umbilical cord.

America Ferrera tends to have far-reaching associations and a strong desire to be involved with people of high society. She is likely to achieve great success through joint ventures with others and could do well in some form of political activity.

Ferrera is somewhat shy and tends to feel inferior when she is with others. America Ferrera is inclined to establish relationships with weak or sick people and is always willing to help or take care of them.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Saturn in Scorpio

Saturn in 4th house

Saturn Conjunct Mars/Pluto

N. Node in Gemini

N. Node in 11th house

N. Node Opposition Moon

N. Node Opposition Jupiter/Pluto

N. Node Opposition Saturn/Neptune